Eating Alone Puts Men At Greater Risk Of Obesity – Study

Men who eat alone have a 45 per cent greater risk of developing obesity, a new study has found.

Researchers at Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital in Seoul, South Korea also found links between eating alone and high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

 

While their results revealed health consequences for both men and women who dined alone, the effects were far more dominant in men.

 

The study examined 7,725 adults who were asked to say how often they ate on their own.

 

They found that dining habits have health risks for those who ate alone more than twice a day.

 

Scientists also showed that these individuals were more likely to be single, live alone and skip meals.

 

Men who ate alone more than twice a day were the most likely to have abdominal obesity; naturally these men did not have spouses.

 

Published in Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, the study revealed that men who ate alone also were 64 per cent more likely to have metabolic syndrome, which is a combination of diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity.

Meanwhile, women who often ate alone were 29 per cent more likely to contract metabolic syndrome.

 

A dangerous condition, metabolic syndrome puts you at higher risk of coronary heart disease and stroke, according to the NHS.